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#D4EEF4

Ice Blue · very light cool teal

About #D4EEF4

#D4EEF4 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 83% red, 93% green and 96% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 4% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 4.1), with Powder Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #F4DAD4 (bone), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.34:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red212
Green238
Blue244

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 4.1
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.5
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 10.9

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #D4EEF4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D4EEF4.
1.21:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D4EEF4.
17.34:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D4EEF4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D4EEF4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E9ECF4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3E7F4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CBF1F0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D4EEF4?

#D4EEF4 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 83% red, 93% green and 96% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 4% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D4EEF4?

Use black text. Black on #D4EEF4 has a contrast ratio of 17.34:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D4EEF4?

Its complementary colour is #F4DAD4, and analogous partners are #D4F4EA and #D4DEF4.